Postgraduate Education involves studying for degree or other qualifications for which a first or bachelor’s degree is required.
The organization and structure of postgraduate education is very different in different countries, and also in different institutions within countries.
TYPES OF POSTGRADUATE QUALIFICATION
Graduate Certificate/ Graduate Diploma
Graduate Certificates and Graduate Diplomas are generally designed for specific vocational purposes, either for broadening of skills and knowledge already gained in an undergraduate program, or for vocational skills and knowledge in a new professional area.
Length of study: 6 months/1 year, full time
Academic entrance requirements: Bachelor Degree; or Advanced Diploma, and/or relevant employment experience.
Masters
The Master Degree involves enhancing specific provides a mastery of a relevant field of study or area of professional practice.
Various options for a Master Degree include:
The course work Master Degree program, which comprises of course work, project work and research in varying combinations, with entry from Bachelor or Bachelor Honours Degree or a Graduate Diploma.
The research based Master Degree program, which comprises of at least two-thirds research with a substantial, often externally assessed thesis outcome. Minimum admission requirement is a Bachelor Honours Degree or Masters preliminary year, a research-based Graduate Diploma or equivalent research experience.
The professional Master Degree program involves a work-based project, with entry from a relevant qualification and professional experience, or extensive relevant professional experience.
Length of study: 1 - 2 years, full time.
Academic entrance requirements: 3 year Bachelor Degree; or Combined Bachelor Degree; or Bachelor Degree with Honours; or Graduate Diploma; and/or relevant employment experience
Doctoral Degree
The Ph.D, or Doctoral Degree is the highest award offered by Australian universities. It recognizes a substantial original contribution to knowledge in the form of new knowledge or significant and original adaptation, application and interpretation of existing knowledge.
There is a choice of either a Research Doctorate, which is primarily achieved through supervised research, with entry from a research or part-research Masters Degree, or a Bachelor Honours Degree (First or Second Class, upper division), or a Professional Doctorate, which may be undertaken through varying combinations of course work and research. The latter requires significant professional practice, either prior to, or during the program.
Length of study: 3 - 4 years, full time.
Academic entrance requirements: Master Degree; and/or relevant employment experience in field of study.
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